I. The Greek school philosophy, with reference to physical science. II. The physical sciences in ancient Greece. III. Greek astronomy. IV. Physical science in the middle ages. V. Formal astronomy after the stationary period. VI. Mechanics, including fluid mechanics. VII. Physical astronomy. Additions to the 3d ed

D. Appleton, 1858

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OF THE FIRST VOLUME	43

HISTORY OF THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY WITH	53

General Remarks	55

Primitive Mistake in Greek Physical Philosophy	60

Technical Forms of the Greek Schools	73

FAILURE OF THE PHYSICAL PHILOSOPHY	80

Introduction	95

The Heliocentric Theory confirmed on Physical Considerations	287

Keplers Discovery of his Third	293

SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF KEPLER RECEPTION	302

THE MECHANICAL SCIENCES	309

Revival of the Scientific Idea of Pressure Stevinus Equilib	316

Establishment of the First Law of Motion	322

Establishment of the Second Law of Motion Curvilinear	330

SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF GALILEOPE	340

EARLIEST STAGES OF HARMONICS	105

Formation of the Notion of a Year	112

Attempts at the Fixation of the Month	118

The Constellations	124

The Globular Form of the Earth	132

PRELUDE TO THE INDUCTIVE EPOCH	138

Establishment of the Theory of Epicyles and Eccentrics	151

SEQUEL TO THE INDUCTIVE EPOCH	157

Period from Hipparchus to Ptolemy	166

Conclusion of the History of Greek Astronomy	175

BOOK IV	183

5	190

Intellectual Condition of the Religious Orders	197

Character of Commentators	204

Greek Commentators of Plato and Others	207

Mystical Arithmetic	216

Alchemy	224

Scholastic Dogmas	230

Authority of Aristotle among the Schoolmen	236

Arabian Science	242

Treatises on Architecture	248

Introduction	255

INDUCTION OF COPERNICUS THE HELIOCEN	262

First Reception of the Copernican Theory	269

Division of the Subject	272

The Heliocentric Theory confirmed by Facts Galileos Astro	276

Título	I. The Greek school philosophy, with reference to physical science. II. The physical sciences in ancient Greece. III. Greek astronomy. IV. Physical science in the middle ages. V. Formal astronomy after the stationary period. VI. Mechanics, including fluid mechanics. VII. Physical astronomy ... Volumen1 de History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time, William Whewell
Autor	William Whewell
Edición	3
Editor	D. Appleton, 1858
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Harvard
Digitalizado	6 Mayo 2008

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Discovery of the Laws of Motion of Fluids	348

Generalization of the Third Law of Motion Centre of Oscilla	356

SEQUEL TO THE GENERALIZATION OF	362

Mécanique Céleste c	371

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195	437

Planets Satellites	438

Application of the Newtonian Theory to Secular Inequalities	444

Confirmation of the Newtonian Theory by Experiments on	456

DISCOVERIES ADDED TO THE NEWTONIAN THEORY	462

Discovery of Aberration Bradley	464

Instruments	470

Observatories	476

ADDITIONS TO THE THIRD EDITION	489

Aristotles Account of the Rainbow	495

Hero of Alexandria	501

The Eclipse of Thales	508

PAGE	511

FORMAL ASTRONOMY	523

Giordano Bruno	530

MECHANICS	536

PHYSICAL ASTRONOMY	544

Reception of the Principia	548

The Discovery of Neptune	554

Anomalies in the Action of Gravitation	560